upload pic to Pprune

[The Voice]

could someone tell me in very simple english how to upload a pic from my lappy to a post in D & G. I don't understand the http thingy that comes up when you select IMG to begin the process.

I have read FAQ both here and the main FAQ, and I'm afraid that it would just not compute...


thankyou .. I'm feeling really really old :ugh:

[Brian Dixon]

Hi,
open an account on http://photobucket.com/ (It's free).

Save your picture(s) to a folder in your album and then cut and paste the option you need into your post. I think it's the Img one for these threads. The photo should then appear in your post.

It's relatively easy - I managed, and I am genuinely slow with all things computing!

Good luck.

Brian

[Background Noise]

What he's saying is that you have to have it uploaded to the 'web' somewhere and then 'refer' to it - you can't just add it to your post.

Set up an account with any picture hosting service and upload your picture to their site. You can then post a link to the picture by typing the web address into your post - like this:

http://www.fototime.com/051B16C37597BEE/standard.jpg Click the link and you open a new window including the picture.

Or you can click the little IMG button and type the same link into the window which pops up - this tells the board software to show the link as a picture - like this:

http://www.fototime.com/051B16C37597BEE/standard.jpg

Showing the picture, rather than posting a link, does take up board space however.